Screening feedback

Before the Christmas break we had a first viewing of our documentary. From this we received feedback from our media group which has helped us to recognise the aspects of our documentary that are a credit to us and parts which could possibly need altering to make it better.

Here are some of the common feedback comments we received:


Positive Points

• Members of the audience felt emotionally involved. This was a something we had intended from the initial idea of the documentary.
• The message was effective,
• Liked the fact we were not afraid to use Close Ups.
• The framing  and camera angles were creative and included loads of colour which was interesting to view.
• The documentary as a whole got the audience to think and use their imagination, especially with the phone conversation.
• The three different perspectives of family members was a good idea because it gave a rounded view of the family.

Things to consider

• Maybe use name tags because a question of where is the person on the phone leaves the audience a bit confused.
• The voice over was a bit low
• the cut away to the ornaments between the Grandparent interview could be longer.
• The fade in and out of the subtitles could just take on the conventional transition of subtitles and cut in & out not fade.